THE SANTALAND DIARIES

Jonathan Putnam

Geoffrey Nelson’s production of The Santaland Diaries was originally to have ended its five-year run at CATCO/Phoenix last December, but the show’s appeal has been strong enough that the theatre has decided to remount it for a sixth year.

Starring Jonathan Putnam, The Santaland Diaries is David Sedaris’ sardonically funny account of his experiences working as a department store “elf” at Macy’s. Nelson originally staged Santaland as part of a double-bill with another Sedaris piece, Season’s Greetings, in the company’s main performance space.  Following the success of that production, Nelson re-staged Santaland for the more intimate, cabaret-style Studio Three space, where it has enjoyed packed houses for the past four years.

Santaland is not Nelson’s only long-running Christmas show.  His production of Truman Capote’s A Christmas Memory & The Thanksgiving Visitor was performed for seven seasons at CATCO.  Nelson also adapted the autobiographical Capote short stories for the stage.  His stage adaptation of O. Henry’s Gift of the Magi toured central Ohio schools for six years.

The Santaland Diaries will be performed December 1 – 23, 2011.  For more information, contact the Box Office at 614-469-0939.